I am stuck. I am a product of the failed feminist movement. There is no equality. Women here are required/expected to work as much as men (while earning less per dollar for the same jobs), do the housework or put up with a filthy home, do the cooking or resign to eating takeout, be responsible for birth control and put up with the side effects, have sex but not enjoy it too much or be marked a slut (but have the right amount of sex with the right amount of partners or you’re a prude), possibly become pregnant and go through nine months of that/childbirth/child […]
theconsciousclear
theconsciousclear
chronic treatment and therapy (one-on-one, group, CBT, DBT...) and medication resistant depression. severe generalized anxiety, social anxiety, work anxiety. multitude of cluster B personality disorders (supposedly). dissociative disorders. post traumatic stress. victim of childhood psychological and emotional and verbal abuse in school and home. victim of sexual and psychological abuse as a young teen. victim of kidnapping and severe highly traumatic sexual, psychological, physical, and emotional abuse/Stockholm syndrome. working from home in a triggering industry. taking prescribed anxiety meds just to get by. no way out. tiny town. driving phobia. physically chronically ill due to genetics and severe lifelong trauma. enjoys (or used to enjoy) cooking, baking, singing, hiking, writing, making things with my hands, reading, wine, sweets, grocery shopping, off the beaten path travel, fireflies, film, yoga, lucid dreaming, dogs, lively conversation, home decorating.